Frank and Jamie McCourt's first real date

To better understand the McCourts, take some time to read this 2006 profile in the Los Angeles Times Magazine.

An excerpt…

“When [Jamie] stood up on our first date I saw she was wearing hot pants,” he says. “She had great legs.” Jamie remembers something else about that date: “He took me to an underground construction site for the Metro. I thought, ‘I can marry this guy. He knows how to fix things.’”

“It’s hard work,” Frank says of their marriage. “Religion was a big obstacle at first.” (Jamie’s father and mother refused to attend their wedding because of the differences in their religion.) “But you stay connected. You work out your differences. You argue.” He laughs. “It’s been one long argument, actually.” He looks at Jamie. “Like yesterday. You were wrong three times.”